The next evening, when Wu Ming saw Xu Enzeng at Fang Youchun's family banquet, he was secretly surprised, but he didn't expect that Xu Enzeng, who had just turned forty this year, had a lot of gray hair on his sideburns, and a few wrinkles appeared on his originally bright forehead, and the whole person looked ten years older.

Xu Enzeng didn't feel his own aging at all, he was in very good spirits, he took Wu Ming's hand and greeted him a few words, then lightly touched Wu Ming's collar badge, and smiled half-jokingly and half-seriously: "You have been hanging the rank of colonel for three years, right?" It's time for a new one. ”

Zhang Lisheng, secretary of the Organization Department of the Central Party Department, Zhou Wenyan, deputy director of the General Affairs Department of the Party Department, and Fang Youchun, who came with Xu Enzeng, listened to Hehe Zhile and smiled very ambiguously, but Wu Ming reported very respectfully:

"The second batch of special training personnel trained by the subordinate party ministries and commissions have also been brought, and they are resting at the Quzhou military station at this time, and they are obeying the call of Director Xu at any time."

Xu Enzeng nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, the group of personnel you sent two years ago performed very well, most of them became the backbone of various departments of our Party Affairs Investigation Department after further training, and their experience is becoming richer and richer.

The people present are all CC bones and molecules, so there is no restraint, and they will go directly to the table after greeting each other.

After three cups, Zhang Lisheng highly praised Fang Youchun's governance ability, conveyed Chen Guofu's greetings and the good evaluation of several bigwigs in the party department, and Fang's sister-in-law, who could listen to the food, was overjoyed.

Wu Ming was not interested in politics, so he picked up his five-year-old niece who quietly came over to talk to him, picked up a small piece of steamed fish lips and put it into her small mouth, and quietly asked: "Today is the New Year, and there are six days before the Chinese New Year's Eve, when will you go back to accompany your grandparents for the New Year?" ”

The beautiful little niece held her lips in her mouth, thought seriously for a moment, folded her hands and counted: "Mom said that Dad is busy outside all day, and it will take two days to go back to Grandpa's house...... Uncle, don't go out to celebrate the New Year with your soldiers this year, and celebrate the New Year together at your grandfather's house, okay? ”

Everyone watched it interestingly, Ha Lu Ha Da Lu laughed, Sister-in-law Fang hurriedly came over to take her daughter away, Fang Youchun smiled and said that the child likes to pester Wu Ming.

Xu Enzeng asked curiously: "Xiao Wu, do you really celebrate the New Year with the officers and soldiers under your command every year?" ”

Wu Ming put down his chopsticks: "No, usually, Chinese New Year's Eve will basically have a Chinese New Year's Eve meal with his family, but in the days before and after the festival, he will go down to the regiments and camps to express his condolences...... If the officials want their brothers to work for themselves, they must be kind to their brothers and do not force them to share weal and woe, at least to make their brothers feel that it is worth working for their superiors. ”

Zhang Lisheng, Xu Enzeng and others were quite surprised, Fang Youchun explained: "Wu Ming is telling the truth, to put it nicely, he cares about his subordinates, shares weal and woe and leads by example, which is also part of the army's political and ideological education.

"Wu Ming's subordinates have always done a good job in this regard, so his officers and soldiers are very united, no matter how hard and tired the training is, they have no complaints, and their combat effectiveness will naturally rise.

Everyone was amazed and highly respected Wu Ming and Fang Youchun's rich experience in leading troops, and Zhou Wenyan took this opportunity to touch Wu Ming three times and thanked Wu Ming for his long-term support.

After drinking until he was half drunk, Xu Enzeng found out the real purpose of calling Wu Ming: "According to the analysis of the current situation, the split behavior of the Liangguang and Guangxi independent central committees is inevitable, and the chairman and the central party department are very worried about this.

"But the tricky thing is that the party department of the army is not easy to directly intervene, and several main forces that have done a good job in party affairs are either in the northwest or in northern Henan, and the group of veterans of the central government are accustomed to doing peacemaking and do not want to offend people, so most of them do not agree with the central government to exert pressure on the two provinces, and the senior generals, including General He Yingqin, minister of military affairs, have also wavered, causing the garrisons in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, and Hubei to sway from side to side and be at a loss."

"Therefore, Chairman Jiang and Minister Chen both believe that it is very necessary to set an example and set an example, and this is an important purpose of my visit."

Everyone looked at Wu Ming, who nodded calmly and waited for Xu Enzeng to explain further.

Xu Enzeng smiled appreciatively: "At present, the situation has not developed to the point of no return, but military preparations must be carried out at the same time...... This is not only the consensus of the Central Party Department, but also the view of the chairman. It stands to reason that such a big matter will not involve you, a second-line army stationed in the local area for a long time, but should let the more appealing generals stand up and publicly express their attitude, but after comprehensive consideration, we think it is better for you to take the lead. ”

"First of all, your newly formed 10th Brigade belongs to the Central Army sequence, even if there is only one brigade, it is enough to represent the attitude of the Central Army; Secondly, your brigade is very special, according to the internal evaluation of the Military Committee, you are the only mountain unit in the whole army, and the two Guangzhou, especially northern Guangdong and northern Guangxi, are mountainous terrain, which is conducive to giving full play to your strengths; The last point, and the most important point, is that our Central Party Department needs to exert greater pressure on the two Guangxi provinces, and the greatest pressure is the direct and effective military pressure."

"Brother Wu Ming, I basically said everything I should say, and I want to hear your opinion."

Wu Ming pondered for a long time: "Does the chairman of the Central Party Department know about this decision?" ”

Xu Enzeng shook his head: "I haven't reported to the chairman of the committee yet, and it is estimated that I will not report to him in the future, you should understand what this is for." However, I believe that sooner or later the chairman of the CPPCC National Committee will launch a military operation against the two regions, and you can rest assured that when you need to send troops, it will naturally be carried out through normal procedures, and the Military Commission or the General Staff Headquarters will directly issue orders to you, not the Central Party Department, and the Central Party Department does not have this right, but we need a force that resolutely carries out the orders instead of acting in defiance of the yang and yin to set an example, so as to achieve the best results. ”

Wu Ming was silent, weighing it for a long time and not daring to express his position, everyone put down their chopsticks and waited quietly for Wu Ming's reply.

Fang Youchun, who knew very well what was at stake, was very nervous, and a dense bead of sweat appeared on his head.

After a full five minutes, Wu Ming raised his head and said with a smile: "I am willing to be the vanguard of this rebellion, but I have two requests: first, I must give orders to my troops through the normal channels of the army; Second, please don't carry out any public opinion propaganda against our department, if you want to fight, hit directly, unceremoniously, and solve anything if you hurt your opponent. ”

Everyone looked at each other in amazement, Xu Enzeng seemed to have known that Wu Ming would make such a request, smiled heartily, and gave Wu Ming a thumbs up:

"You kid is amazing, you can see more thoroughly and far than many of us, I have more and more confidence in you, I believe that soon, your Wu Ming's name will spread all over the country."

"Wu Ming is a soldier, and he is better at solving problems in a soldier's way."

Wu Ming once again made his attitude vaguely clear.